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"Being productive" is not in my repertory these days. My amalgamation of Foucault, Saga of the Volsungs, and standpoint feminism is lately always falling victim to the swashbuckling charms of procrastination (well, I tell myself, the paper's only due on Monday, so I've got plenty of time as I've reserved the weekend for a writing marathon). In
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Then again, my sickness could be due to my moronic classmates ...
I have no advice for the essay, but in terms of Luc ... given my track record with guys and the relationship area (I start liking the wrong ones, when I like them at all. Another reason I want my Grad classes to start -- so I can meet some mature people)
**Or am I, indeed, the girl he'll "settle for" after a decade of playing Casanova - when he decides to abandon high society for sobriety? ** But here's a question: do you want to wait that long? I know emotions aren't easy to shut off, nor can one simply switch their preference by wishing it ... but by the time Luc wises up, will it be worth it?
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Haha, that's a question the Eugene Onegin reference was meant to answer, albeit indirectly. A woman named Tanya falls for the hero, Onegin, but he doesn't take her love seriously and instead goes gallivanting around Russia and perhaps even Europe. Upon his return, he discovers that Tanya is the perfect woman for him. However, in the meantime, she has gotten married and although she still loves Onegin, she stands by her husband.
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"NO, NO, NO, NO! This completely misses the point. If I don't do something now to ensure that the Onegin scenario doesn't happen, I'm sure it will happen - if that makes sense."
I says:
"Speaking as an author rather than as Jade, I'm frankly not particularly interested anymore in dating Luc's real-world equivalent (you see, I can't claim as much optimism as Jade does when it comes to forgiving his sins) and Jade is anyway going to get very lucky very soon."
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